Great War Died as a result of the War April 1920 casualty group awarded to Private P. Piper, Army Service Corps, sometime Labour Corps. Present out on the Western Front from 5th May 1915, he was transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1919, but then died as a result of his service during the war on 13th April 1920, being buried underneath a Commonwealth War Graves headstone in Tottenham Cemetery.
Group of 3: 1914-1915 Star; (SS-8901 PTE. P. PIPER. A.S.C.); British War Medal and Victory Medal; (8901 PTE. P. PIPER. A.S.C.)
Condition: Good Very Fine.
Together with the following:
Nottingham Record Office posthumous forwarding letter for the British War Medal, issued to: ‘No.S.S/8901 Private Percy Piper, Army Service Corps’, dated 4th April 1921.
Photograph of the recipient in uniform.
Percy Piper was born circa 1877 in Clapham, London, the son of John and Harriett Piper. Piper went on to see service during the Great War as a Private (No.SS-8901) with the Army Service Corps, and was present out on the Western Front from 5th May 1915. Piper then transferred as a Private (No.306334) to the Labour Corps, and was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 16th March 1919. However he then subsequently died as a result of his service during the war on 13th April 1920, being buried underneath a Commonwealth War Graves headstone in Tottenham Cemetery.